I have reported everything from breaking news to magazine features for digital and print publications throughout the country.
How ‘Match.com for roommates’ could save seniors from homelessness
Web services like Silvernest pair priced-out renters with financially struggling homeowners — Experience Magazine, a Northeastern University publication
The fight against light
How local efforts to combat light pollution and darken Central Oregon skies can protect birds, trees and more — Source Weekly
Turning saltwater Into freshwater
Oregon professor leads research to bring desalination systems to the masses —Source Weekly
Hotels for those left unhoused by wildfires
As climate change ratchets up wildfire intensity, an Oregon program provides a step toward home — High Country News, republished by The Atlantic and Mother Jones
How a battle about homelessness is enveloping a Southern Oregon town
Divisions continue in Medford a year after the city passed an ordinance banning tent camping — Street Roots
This is a follow up to an earlier story: “Anti-camping ordinance in Medford draws national attention”
Oregon short session ends with millions of dollars allocated to housing, education, workers
The most contentious bill of the session, granting farmworkers overtime pay, passed after weeks of debate — KGW-TV
‘I’ve seen some brutal things’
Murders of Santa Cruz County women on the rise — Lookout Santa Cruz
Next Up’s New Executive Director Breaks the Cycle
Elona J. Wilson talks about her path to leading the youth voting organization — Portland Monthly
‘Kids pretty much on their own’
Leaders grapple with Pajaro Valley’s pandemic-fueled youth violence crisis — Lookout Santa Cruz
Combatting the other epidemic
Missing and murdered Indigenous person case numbers have reached epidemic levels, and even counting them is a challenge in Oregon
— Source Weekly
‘Art and science’
In aftermath of the CZU fire, restoring beloved trail systems is no easy task — Lookout Santa Cruz
Inside Portland’s patchwork system to vaccinate communities of color
Communities of color are the most impacted by COVID, yet are being left behind in vaccination efforts — Portland Mercury
What will redistricting mean for Central Oregon?
State lawmakers are drawing new maps for the State House and Senate, as well as U.S. Congressional Districts. — Source Weekly
Cancellation of popular program for Oregon prisoners prompts action in the Legislature
The pandemic resulted in a devastating pause to trauma-responsive treatment for women. The Senate has passed a bill that could prevent it from happening again. — Street Roots
A Eugene hotel is now a shelter — the first of many planned across Oregon
Seven projects have been funded so far under Project Turnkey, which converts hotels and motels into emergency shelter or affordable housing — Street Roots
Desperation in Josephine County: On the brink of homelessness
In a part of Southern Oregon notorious for its dearth of affordable housing, a family is at risk of losing the RVs that have kept them off the street — Street Roots
Bill to make IDs free for unhoused Oregonians expected to have big impact for a low cost
Under the bipartisan legislation, a nonprofit would verify that a person was experiencing homelessness, and the state would waive the fee to obtain photo identification — Street Roots
Josephine County will get its only low-barrier shelter — but just for 90 days
Achieving even temporary shelter in this conservative Southern Oregon county was no simple task — Street Roots
‘Take what you need, give what you can’
Bend Community Fridge aims to fight food insecurity and food waste one fridge at a time — Source Weekly
COVID-19 vaccine misinformation and how to counter it
Misinformation and disinformation flooded our news feeds in 2020, sowing distrust about the pandemic, the Oregon wildfires, the election and now the COVID-19 vaccine — KGW (NBC-affiliate)
‘No human being belongs in a cage’: Podcast creator gives fellow ex-prisoners a platform
Prison abolitionist Joshua Edward Wright has launched ‘The Exiled Voice,’ featuring interviews with people who have been incarcerated in Oregon — Street Roots
Movement to form 'Greater Idaho' gains steam as two rural Oregon counties vote to consider joining Idaho
The conservative movement aims to adjust state borders, giving Idaho 22 eastern Oregon counties and parts of northern California — KGW (NBC-affiliate)
Diverse slate of officials elected to lead Portland's NAACP
Months after its former president resigned amid allegations of abuse, Portland's NAACP branch has new leadership looking to restore transparency and accountability — KGW (NBC-affiliate)
Oregon college students share thoughts on election amid record turnout for young early voters
College students address how they are mobilizing, where they are voting and how they are feeling about the 2020 election — KGW (NBC-affiliate)
Oregon senator weighs in on danger of delayed presidential transition
Delays in the presidential transition process could limit the new administration's ability to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribution and national security risks — KGW (NBC-affiliate)
Candidates of color are shaking up Oregon small-town politics
Several communities will have a chance in November to diversify their city councils for the first time — Street Roots
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fight endures; these Oregonians are making sure of it
RBG was a champion for reproductive freedom, equal pay and pregnancy accommodations, and her work carries on through these advocates — Street Roots
It Takes a Village
Tutors, pod networks and community organizations mobilize to fill child care and educational gaps during pandemic — Source Weekly
From the stage to Zoom
Theater student takes lessons from COVID with her to college — NPR Next Generation Radio w/ OPB
The Tables Have Turned
New owner takes over Ranch Records during pandemic and names it “Smith Rock Records” — Source Weekly
Rocky Regulations
Installation of rebar ladder on popular Smith Rock wall prompts new rules for climbing hardware — Source Weekly
Many Oregon families shift to homeschool during pandemic
Parents concerned about safety and academic uncertainty are exploring a range of options for the fall — Street Roots
Where Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ Pride intersect
Portland activists push for greater inclusion of Black trans and queer voicesy in the movement — Street Roots
Portland restaurants aim to cut waste, take-out containers go to landfills
While some businesses stick with reusables during the pandemic, state guidelines and reliance on to-go food means many depend on disposable products — Street Roots
Poor and low-income Americans to gather online for a march on Washington
The Rev. Liz Theoharis, co-chair of the renewed Poor People’s Campaign, speaks with Street Roots before Saturday’s historic demonstration — Street Roots
Two Lewis & Clark students and professor stranded in Ecuador after borders close
With borders closed in Ecuador, Lewis & Clark group now seeks repatriation from U.S. government — The Pioneer Log
What you need to know about LC’s response to COVID-19
All classes will now be held online and on-campus residents are encouraged to go home for the remainder of the semester — The Pioneer Log
Lewis & Clark alum works to declassify secret government documents
After a career at the National Security Archive, Nate Jones ’05 is helping journalists at The Washington Post access public information — The Pioneer Log
Uniting the bouldering community is a tough climb
Author Jason Chinchen aims to unify the Central Oregon bouldering community with his new guidebook and the High Desert Climbers Alliance — Bend Magazine